Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-12-24
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SIX mnm Ensm xxn sRnrxamanax Mrr1
eG1uEEkED o. xU ugEEuz1 1uT
xNBcouEsH KAEs zzE nlIz-
Yesterday mernine. axmad win 8
garznn1 fEpn 5u1eiss soaerberR. Csn-
sfabls Ihognion III FER sprisessonk
and thsss arEealsd 1anaa Kannsay. q.
Q. Kouman. VIVA wnansr. MsKsan
Rzzfh. Jamss BsiasRssg and Martin
hsnpsy. o. : sharRs Of Eios. Thgznton,
@ his ARRIVAL fo1nd evssythfna peaes-
1e1e ana Quiaks and tbs mnn. instead o.
bsl1R unWilline. we're eazsE 70 eet back
- oezttl8 o., e. they sla1ed, 70 a place
wtska tbsta vs. so1setkfaa q eat. They
W&u1ed % hage sene Witnesses bruuaht
20 TIE esq nnd these wnEe aubpm8ed ~
he ocnstatln. and we're also eaRss 70
come. I1B difficulty, kowsseF, vas
lla1 sney h46 no money ana Mr..
EhcEuton went into the once and asked
OnElslopher ksmpsleE Il be w0niA net
pay tie fare of TIE witBeesea. Ceriato-
pher aarsa6 q DO this bul afsarRakts
limited hts ful6iImeuf Of the promise 70
l the Witnesses for the pEasecufi0n, al
ttoHeh It's Arm vas indebted % tue
Others fer wages naoKe than wonld cover
tie fare. The e6nsizole subpmned nine
the mill end one on he train ard
br1uRn8 thom alonR, an6 afLerwnEd
/ s1bp1euod thRee anofs IL the city.
aouD EEnD Exkn-
The men On bsing asked 10 come
with the constable, eemplnined that
thay haa had no hruakfast, bot were
eonsoisd with the thought Of TIE good
dinner Mr.. ThoKnton promised them.
/ o. THAR arrival here Mr.. Thornton
1 took them ell 70 g restaurant whefn lhey
ate q good square meal. Tue six pFi8-
cueKa we're thea takeu before Jusiiee
S0deEherQ 10 answer 70 fhe chaFRs Of
| Fi0soasly, lumnltu0naly aad uniaufnlIy
assembling together. The two Kemp
| sters, Thomas i. and Christopher W..
| when placed on The witness stand |
aWoee diEectly that tbs defendenia, with
Other mill hands, bad stoppsd the saw
l yer from running the mill, and had de-
clared that no one sh0asd ron tbe mill |
until they ~ge paid. Thomas L.
kempstef sHoFs that o. O. Lowmau,
one Of the defendants, Gus the telephone
wires end thus destroyed the conneelion |
with this city. he also testified that
/ one Of the men struck HIN on tbs tam
4 NAE1 3A4A EAZ EM0 ML0GNZ1M MWNEu 30AH \
they were locked up and imprisoned In |
their oifiee. OtheR witnesses for the |
prosecution failed 70 fuIIy substantiass |
their evidence. and some Of them datly |
coAzRADroxKn TIE Two coERL1rxTso |
| o. important polnts, sueh, for To- |
slauce, as che statement that the Kemp |
aiera were locked IN the ofiico and that |
l the men had declared The mill should |
not Euu. Thomas L. Kempster vas the |
ouiy witness who stated thai be had |
been struck, al others either knowing /
nothing about Il o. naliy denying It.
Before the prosecution was thF nigh |
With the examination Of It's witnesses
| tuo Of the defendants uere told they |
could leave. as there vas nothing |
against them. The defense called the l
| four dalendants separately, and each !
| testified that there was no Fi0tiug, no 1
| Kempster Was not struck. and Lowman |
awore that not only did he not cut the |
telephoue wire, but that be was not |
even on the veFanda WHEN the wire fell. |
Each witness euore that there vas no |
trouble 81 the mill. but that the men
had gone to the sawyer and told him
| that thev would not work until they g0l |
their pay ana that II be would wait IN
| eli they received Il lhey would each
give him q day and kalf or two days
work in saving out bis own logs. As
soon a. the defendants Themselves bad
testified the defense called on
Nh. PEDpUuK, I'M BooKEERPKR,
| Who stated thas there was no truth in
/ the statements that the men bad been
ri0tous or had prevented other men
frem working II the mlll. or had ID any
way broken the peece. he did not gse
Thomas L. Ksmpster struck, nor did
the latter when be came In point 10 the
proper temple as the enc on which be
IoInimed % have been struck. He stated
that ha vas IN the office on The Sunday
1 when the Kempstarz claimed 10 have
been locked 90 BY the men, and that
the uen were peaceabie and quiet and
ala NOS attempt 10 prevent him OF nry
oue eies from coming and going as they
chess. He went on 10 state that be was
the only one Who saw tho alleged cnt
ding Of che telephono wires, and that she
Wire vas not cut, bat man not In Gus
todg was on The vsranda ct the sims
and Kicked of che knobs holding the
wire, ana that be (Pidduckl remon-
airatsd with him and the man there
upon left the vefaDda. Thomas l..
Kempster ran Out Of the otllce with q
revolver aud threatened 20 ehooa some
Of the men, bat there vas nothing %
call for saoh ehooene. Afserwarcs 1.
III. Kempster asked him Who u was who
had Knocked the wire down and be bad
toid him N the presence OF the time
keeper. TIE man Vas named Fetch,
ana he was positive Lowman was not
there. This vas eorFoboFased By other
Witnesses, and the timekeeper, who
WITNESS FoR FEM PERSECUTION,
Iswofe that Piddnck had told T. L.
KenpstaK who had picked down the
Wirs clamp. Mr.. Picduck then went
on 20 state THAI IN the eight days prior
10 Yesterday all she meat that had been
cent 10 the camp for thirty men, the
cook ana his wife and eight children,
was sifty-nine pounds Of beef and liver,
Twelve rounds Of doeesh and seven
fnound az codHsh. SaeFia uochfane,
Oonsiahls Caldwell and Depaiy sheriff
Afilee, All testified 10 the psaoeable be-
havior Of the men. The prosecuting
attorney then moved 10 have the case
dianfusad a. be vas satisfied there vas
not enough evidence 10 convince Jury.
M. Halnsa and Mr.. Andrews for She
/ defense asked 20 have the costa taxed
againet the complaining witness. The
osurt however. took Q different view Il
me matter, and after dismisEing the
case taxed the costs Rgsinst the coun-
/ ". the prosecuting attorney advising
that coarsa. The costa amount TO aboat
go and there are besides TIE costs Of
the sheriff amoanting 80 ts9.bQ Tor go
inc ont on Sunday With bis aides.
/ n the evening sono Of the hnen callsd
Al The Posr- TNTxE1EaEacRR Chloe With
she nookkespsF. Mr. Pidduck stated
mat the mill hsd bean running since
tke middle OF August, tha4 While about
twenty. Eve or thirty men vefe al that
we're employed ct one time 90 less t5sn
ninety had been employed u Ostooer
ard AZ naany 10 HovsmtfF, aud thst she